Guest Aces-High Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I'll be starting in the T-1 in a couple of weeks and I've noticed that most everyone has some sort of Nav bag they carry with them. I've been looking at the Jeppesen Navigator bag as an option. I just want to see what you guys have used (or seen used) and what works the best. The bags are pretty expensive and I don't want to end up buying something that sucks. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techsan Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Our class went with the Cencal. I'm not sure if you're @ Laughlin, but there was an IP there who our entire class bought our bags through. They also had our names put on 'em. They're a good quality bag. The only drawback to them is that they are quite bulky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpectrePilot Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Nav bags are for Navs. Squadron should provide the charts & plates bag, pre-packed. Use your green helmet bag for headset & checklists like 50 years of pilots before you. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hydro130 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Try this. As a Co or Nav, you are haulin' books, like it or not... Get a comfy medium to do so... Cheers, Hydro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sleepy Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Jepp, Noral, and Cencal are all over-priced, if you ask me, and I sell them for a living. With all the cutbacks and penny-pinching, I'm thinking one of these when the time comes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUX Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Can a backpack be used or does everyone in your flight have to be "standardized?" [ 21. March 2006, 22:14: Message edited by: pcgoeken ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter14 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 You can use whatever you want at UPT. The "Bug-Out" Bags you buy at the BX are back savers when hauling tanker pubs around, but my class went with the Cencals as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergman Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Aces-High: I'll be starting in the T-1 in a couple of weeks and I've noticed that most everyone has some sort of Nav bag they carry with them. I've been looking at the Jeppesen Navigator bag as an option. I just want to see what you guys have used (or seen used) and what works the best. The bags are pretty expensive and I don't want to end up buying something that sucks. Thanks I bought a high dollar pubs bag for T-1s. It was nice then, but I used it even less at Altus, and haven't used it since then. I don't know how the AD rolls, but every ANG -135 unit I've flown with has the pubs pre-positioned on the jet, so there is no need for a pubs bag. Now, a cooler on wheels I could see...but a pubs bag is a waste of money IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Chop Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I had a Jepp one that ran about $115 or so. The damn thing fell apart. A lot of the stiching that kept the straps in place came undone. The zippers are also INT. They would glide along the track but they wouldn;t necessarily close the zipper. Stay away from Jepp...just paying for the name just my 20 centavos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KoolKat Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Once you go ops, you won't have to worry about it so much...you'll be exactly on what S&C said. Prior to that, and for sims and shit, you'll have to drag ALOT of shit around. When I get to, I always think, "When is that damn PFT thing gonna jump out from behind the bush! I should stop smoking so much!" Once you get out of the Anal Extursion and Tunneling Command, They'll have that shit boxed up and totable. No biggy. Don't spend too much, and get something with wheels. They might laugh. They laughed at me at Columbus when I wore my furry "russian" hat. They did it while they were shivering thier asses off. I saw them, I was warm, but I saw them. Just get something to solve the problem. You don't need to find something that will last your career. Just solve you problem. BENDY EDIT: Sometimes I swear the post reads differnt in the "post box" than it does when it's on the thread!!! Really!!! [ 22. March 2006, 00:36: Message edited by: Bender ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sickels101 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I bought the Bug Out bag a few weeks ago for the pub haulage in the B-52 and it is pretty darn good. C-130 Nav turned B-52 pilot recommended it. I am able to get all my really important stuff in there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpectrePilot Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Add sunscreen to the list 4Fans gave you. "Pilots are 4 times more likely to develop skin cancer later in life..." or something like that. Not sure where I heard it from, but my face roasts at altitude. Windscreens are like magnifying glass to some extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcam753 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 currently vance toner...trust me...just use your flight bag from tweets. all you carry is dash-1, checklist, ifg, gloves, and headset in it. unless you want to be a pretty boy. good luck in the program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrooster99 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Can a backpack be used or does everyone in your flight have to be "standardized?"My flying partner uses his backpack, I bought the Jeppsen and it is indeed coming apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aces-High Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hey, thanks for the advice. A flightmate of mine brought his Jepp bag in today and I took a look at it. He can't really fit much more in there than I can fit in my helmet bag. I think I'll just be using it instead. Besides it helps me pick up chicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PilotKD Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Originally posted by Bergman: I bought a high dollar pubs bag for T-1s. It was nice then, but I used it even less at Altus, and haven't used it since then. I don't know how the AD rolls, but every ANG -135 unit I've flown with has the pubs pre-positioned on the jet, so there is no need for a pubs bag. Now, a cooler on wheels I could see...but a pubs bag is a waste of money IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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